This week's lectures were focused on the interconnectedness and integration between art and medicine. I found this specific topic very interesting as I am interested in pursuing a career in medicine which made learning about the connection between medicine and art more interesting and applicable.
Leonardo Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvian_Man)
What I found most interesting was reading Peter Tyson's "The Hippocratic Oath Today." I found his analysis on the meanings and implications of the oath very insightful. He took a good look at a lot of the deeper moral implications associated with the Hippocratic Oath and broke down a lot of the shortcomings of the oath.
Robert Hooke's First Drawing of Cells (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Micrographia)
I also enjoyed reading about how much we have left to learn about both medicine and art. I was fascinated to read about how much of medicine we were able to learn about through art. Visual depictions are fundamental to helping doctors and scientists understand anatomy while they are learning and this knowledge is directly translated into their practice.
Images of Cat Scan From MRI (https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Brain-magnetic-resonance-imaging-MRI-for-subjects-S1-S2-and-S4-Brain-magnetic_fig4_336148130)
Art and other forms of visual depictions are crucial for doctors and scientists because it allows them to visualize their work and see problems that would otherwise be nearly impossible to express verbally. It is through the integration of art with medicine that knowledge of the medical field is able to grow.
Works Cited
“Artist + Digital Technologist Transforming Human Health.” Virgil Wong, 3 Apr. 2022, https://www.virgilwong.com/.
Casini, Silvia. “Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) as Mirror and Portrait: MRI Configurations between Science and the Arts.” Configurations, vol. 19, no. 1, 2011, pp. 73–99., https://doi.org/10.1353/con.2011.0008.
“Emily Watson: Metal & Enamel Jewelry: Home Page.” Emily Watson | Metal & Enamel Jewelry | Home Page, http://www.metalemily.com/.
Ingber, Donald E. The Architecture of Life. 1998.
Tyson, Peter. “The Hippocratic Oath Today.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, 27 Mar. 2001, https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/hippocratic-oath-today/.
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